Cape Monakov
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 9 ′ S , 48 ° 41 ′ E | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Casey Bay | |
Cape Monakow ( Russian Мыс Монакова Mys Monakowa ) is a cape on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is on the west side of the Sakellari Peninsula .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and during a Soviet Antarctic expedition the following year. The participants in the latter research trip named it after Sergei Evgenjewitsch Monakow, a Soviet polar aviator who died in 1955 in the crash of an Ilyushin Il-12 in Arkhangelsk Oblast .
Web links
- Cape Monakov in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cape Monakov on geographic.org (English)